feature films, and as a writer. The film of
Earth and Ashes
was in the Official Selection at Cannes in 2004 and won a number of prizes. Since 2002 Rahimi has returned to Afghanistan a number of times to set up a Writers’ House in Kabul and offer support and training to young writers and filmmakers. His novel
The Patience Stone
(Other Press) won the Prix Goncourt in 2008.
Other Press edition 2010
Translation copyright © 2002 Erdağ M. Göknar
Copyright © 2000 P.O.L éditeur
First published in Dari (Afghanistan) in 1999 by Éditions Khavaran, France, under the title
Khâkestar-o-khâk
First published in English in 2002 by Chatto & Windus, Great Britain
Production Editor:
Yvonne E. Cárdenas
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from Other Press LLC, except in the case of brief quotations in reviews for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast. For information write to Other Press LLC, 2 Park Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10016. Or visit our Web site: www.otherpress.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Rahimi, Atiq.
[Khakistar va khak. English]
Earth and ashes / by Atiq Rahimi; translated from the Dari (Afghanistan) by Erdag M. Göknar.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-59051-392-7
1. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 2. Afghanistan—History—Soviet occupation,
1979–1989—Fiction. I. Göknar, Erdag M. II. Title.
PK6878.9.R34K4513 2010
891′.563—dc22
2010020384
v3.0
Earth and Ashes
was in the Official Selection at Cannes in 2004 and won a number of prizes. Since 2002 Rahimi has returned to Afghanistan a number of times to set up a Writers’ House in Kabul and offer support and training to young writers and filmmakers. His novel
The Patience Stone
(Other Press) won the Prix Goncourt in 2008.
Other Press edition 2010
Translation copyright © 2002 Erdağ M. Göknar
Copyright © 2000 P.O.L éditeur
First published in Dari (Afghanistan) in 1999 by Éditions Khavaran, France, under the title
Khâkestar-o-khâk
First published in English in 2002 by Chatto & Windus, Great Britain
Production Editor:
Yvonne E. Cárdenas
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from Other Press LLC, except in the case of brief quotations in reviews for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast. For information write to Other Press LLC, 2 Park Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10016. Or visit our Web site: www.otherpress.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Rahimi, Atiq.
[Khakistar va khak. English]
Earth and ashes / by Atiq Rahimi; translated from the Dari (Afghanistan) by Erdag M. Göknar.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-59051-392-7
1. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 2. Afghanistan—History—Soviet occupation,
1979–1989—Fiction. I. Göknar, Erdag M. II. Title.
PK6878.9.R34K4513 2010
891′.563—dc22
2010020384
v3.0
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